ReadThe Portobello Bookshop Gift Guide 2025

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Fiction
Storytelling is as old as time and, whether it’s an award-winning epic novel or a page-turning blockbuster, a great book can stay with you throughout your life
Contemporary & Classic Fiction Crime & Mystery Fantasy Graphic Novels & Comics Browse more Fiction categories
Non-fiction
Be it biography, history, nature writing or any other form of true story, non-fiction writing is often loaded with just as much suspense and character as the most exciting novel
Essays, Memoir & Biography Nature & Travel History & Archaeology Science & Technology Browse more Non-fiction categories
Children’s, Teenage & Educational
These stories for children and young adults will pique imaginations and inspire young readers
Children's Fiction Children's Non-Fiction Board Books, Picture Books & Activity Books Children's Poetry & Anthologies Browse more Children’s, Teenage & Educational categories
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Building construction & materials

The Architecture Book cover

The Architecture Book

DK - Hardback

£19.99

Bricks and Brickwork in Reading cover

Bricks and Brickwork in Reading

Adam Sowan - Paperback

£15.99

Electrical Installation Work: Level 2 cover

Electrical Installation Work: Level 2

Trevor Linsley - Paperback

£29.99

IET Wiring Regulations: Electric Wiring for Domestic Installers cover

IET Wiring Regulations: Electric Wiring for Domestic Installers

Brian Scaddan - Hardback

£91.99

Barn Club cover

Barn Club

Robert Somerville - Paperback

£12.99

Every Cripple a Superhero cover

Every Cripple a Superhero

Christoph Keller - Hardback

£16.99

Health and Safety in Construction Revision Guide cover

Health and Safety in Construction Revision Guide

Ed Ferrett - Paperback

£37.99

NEC4: 100 Questions and Answers cover

NEC4: 100 Questions and Answers

Kelvin Hughes - Paperback

£56.99